Former Deputy President and DCP party leader Rigathi Gachagua has responded to arrest calls by a section of government officials.
This comes a day after DP Kithure Kindiki and Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen had opined that Gachagua should record a statement when he returns to the country from his US tour.
Murkomen demanded that Gachagua record a statement with security agencies over remarks linking top leaders to alleged meetings with al-Shabaab militants.
In a rejoinder, Gachagua said he will make open the time and day of his return for anyone who wants to effect an arrest against him.
"When my day to go to Kenya is due, I will announce the date, the hour and the flight number so that whoever is interested in arresting me can go ahead and do it," Gachagua said while in Los Angeles on Sunday.
"Every day they discuss me in Parliament and say they will arrest me, I just move on, I am not a leader who buys fear," he added.
Gachagua, currently on a tour in the United States, recently claimed that a certain senior official had met al-Shabaab representatives in Mandera and allegedly struck a business deal with the outlawed group.
Speaking in Keiyo South Constituency during an Economic Empowerment Engagement for Small-Scale Traders and Boda Boda SACCOs, attended by Kindiki, Murkomen termed Gachagua’s allegations “insensitive” and “damaging” to the country’s image.
“When you (DP Kindiki) were the Minister for Interior, you carried yourself with utmost respect for this country and the people of Kenya,” Murkomen said.
Kindiki, on his part, said security agencies must take action against the former DP who made claims of terrorism during his ongoing trip in the US.
“I hear there is a leader who spoke outside the country and said he had information which can help us in fighting Al Shabab because they have details on who and where plans to terrorise Kenya are being made,” said Kinidiki.
He said those with such information must be made to record statements with the relevant agencies so that the same can be investigated.
He said Kenya had suffered alot due to terrorism and that security issues should not be turned into jokes or politicised for selfish gains.
